Serial slaughter: the development of the north Norwegian sealing fleet: 1859–1909

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Kjær, Kjell-G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Svalbard; White Sea; Kola Peninsula; Greenland; Norway; Tromsø; Jan Mayen; Slaughter; Beluga; Beluga*; Denmark Strait; Franz Joseph Land; kola peninsula; Northern Norway; Novaya Zemlya; Polar Record; svalbard reindeer; Spitsbergen; walrus*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409990477; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409990477

ABSTRACT This paper describes the growth and development of the sealing industry of northern Norway from 1859 to 1909 and is based largely on hunting returns and shipping records of the Tromsø fleet. Arctic hunting operations displayed remarkable diversity across the years and the ascendancy of seal...